basketball boulder

Chapter 307 Guy's Rebirth

11 month 28 day.

The Grizzlies visit Denver to challenge the Nuggets.

The Grizzlies' starting lineup has been adjusted:

Milicic, Warrick, Li Lei, Jones Sr., Lowry.

Nuggets:
Center: Marcus Camby.

Power Forward: Edon Donajera.

Small Forward: Carmelo Anthony.

Shooting guard: JR Smith.

Point guard: Andre Miller.

The Nuggets have played well, with 8 wins and 4 losses so far.

Speaking of which, after Anthony came to the Nuggets, he made the playoffs every year, but he couldn't pass the first round every year.

This is understandable, the teams in the West are too strong.

The Lakers, Timberwolves, and Kings in the early years, the current Spurs, Mavericks, Suns... and the newly emerging Clippers, Jazz, Grizzlies...

Hell West.

Anyone who encounters it will be confused.

On the contrary, in the East, except for the Heat, Pistons, and Magic, other teams are not on the table.

In this game, Li Lei and Anthony fought.

From the first quarter, the two staged a passionate hand-to-hand battle.

Both Li Lei and Anthony are rising stars under Bill Duffy, so there was competition between the two when they first entered the league.

Every time they fight, sparks hit the earth.

But look at this year's performance, and look back at the rookie season.

At that time, the two were like rabbits fighting each other.

But now, it was two majestic lions opening their mouths wide, biting wildly.

Although Anthony's statistics in the past few years are also very good, his presence on the court is much worse than that of James, Wade, and Li Lei in the same session.

You always get the feeling that he's not doing his best, and he's paddling defensively.

But when he met Li Lei, Anthony really worked hard!
Throughout the first quarter, the four arms of the two were always entangled together, like a twist.

All kinds of collisions, bites...

And the referee also sensibly relaxed the whistle-blowing scale, allowing the two to risk their lives.

Although the scene was fierce, the referee was still very relieved.

Li Lei and Anthony are not afraid of trouble, but they will never take the initiative to cause trouble.

Just like Li Lei, who has ridden Kenyon Martin and swung Bogut, but never took the initiative to cause trouble.

Anthony has a bad reputation and claims to have a gang background, but if you think about it carefully, when did he take the initiative to find a job?
The lively play between them is limited to basketball. Occasional friction is common, but they will definitely not deliberately play bad games.

Under such circumstances, the scoring efficiency of both of them has dropped sharply.

But the Nuggets slowly built up their lead.

The reason is also very simple.

Li Lei is the absolute core of the Grizzlies.

Li Lei was restricted, and the offense of the entire Grizzlies couldn't be opened at all.

On the contrary, Anthony's status in the Nuggets is not that important.

Camby, Miller, and JR Smith around him are all very capable players, and they don't rely so much on Anthony.

At the end of the first quarter, 25:18, the Nuggets led by as much as 7 points.

Anthony was a little proud: "Stone, today, I want to bury you! I have found a way to defeat you."

It's really a tiger falling and Pingyang being bullied by a dog.

In the previous season, who would dare to say such a thing to Li Lei?

Little Nuggets, dare to brush the Heat's beard?

Li Lei sneered: "Meilon, I hope your ball skills match your mouth. It's not just rhetoric."

Anthony's eyes widened immediately: "Are you talking too much, let's see."

In the rotation stage, Gay came on the stage and played with a substitute lineup.

The game continued, "Little Man" Boykins came up and ran out of opportunities relying on speed, and hit a three-pointer.

Swish!
28: 18.

The Nuggets' lead reached double digits.

The atmosphere in the Pepsi Center Arena became lively.

Get rid of the Grizzlies and Li Lei, who have won three consecutive victories and are in full swing, tonight.

The Grizzlies attack.

Gay held the ball, faced Diawara's defense, and passed him cleanly with a stride.

Nuggets backup forward Joe Smith jumped over to defend.

Gay flashed the pass in the air and sent the ball into the basket with a pull bar.

Swish!
28: 20.

Gay felt a little strange in his heart: scoring seemed to become very easy all of a sudden.

The Nuggets attacked again.

Boykins rushed into the paint with the help of his teammates' pick-and-roll, and scored another 2 points with a super large throw.

30: 20.

Although Boykins is only 165cm, he is a "hobbit" in the NBA world.

But a small body has a lot of energy.

Boykins averaged 14 points, 2.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 0.9 steals per game this season. He is an absolute bench bandit.

Compared to Iverson, Boykins is the real little man and the real counterattack.

After all, playing in the NBA at 165cm, many people dare not think so in their dreams.

But looking back, Gay broke into the paint again and scored a layup against the opponent's defense.

30: 22.

And this ball also made Gay sure: NBA starters and substitutes are two worlds.

Every NBA player is the best basketball player in the world.

But there is also a gap between the best and the best.

The strength of the substitute players is much worse than that of the starters.

Gay's current strength is a bit difficult to play in the starting lineup, but it is top-notch when placed on the bench.

The Nuggets attack.

Boykins continued to attack with the ball.

However, the Grizzlies adapted to the two rounds, and the defense speed was significantly accelerated.

After all, Boykins' height is flawed, and it is difficult to make a shot in the face of a help defense.

But Boykins, as the first brother of the Nuggets' bench, naturally has a few brushes.

He deftly drives the ball to the rim with a ground-up pass.

Joe Smith catches the ball, jumps up and makes the shot.

Snapped!
But at this moment, Swift showed his jumping ability and slapped Joe Smith's shot.

The Grizzlies grabbed the ball and went straight to the fast break.

Guy pushed forward quickly.

In the frontcourt, facing Reggie Evans' defense, Gay rose directly from the ground.

What does he want to do?
He wants to smash Evans head-on!
In the previous two rounds, Gay scored consecutively, which boosted his confidence.

In the first few games, Gay might not dare to play like this even if he had a better chance.

Evans saw his opponent's intentions and jumped up to stop Guy.

But Gay's talent is far beyond his imagination.

The explosiveness, bounce, and strength are already very good.

In the end, Gay just pressed the desperate Evans and smashed the ball into the basket.

boom!
30: 24.

Gay dunks Evans!

"Oh! Buy! Ga! What do I see? This is talent! This young man's talent is so explosive that it is overflowing visible to the naked eye."

The on-site commentator roared at that time.

Gay's dunk was so explosive that the visual effect exploded.

The Grizzlies bench screamed and jumped in an instant, enough to support half of the fans in the Pepsi Center arena.

Li Lei also became playful, imitating Guy's movements, dunking old Jones.

Old Jones fell backwards very cooperatively.

Gasol in a suit played the commentary: "Oh! Stone, smashed old Eddie!"

(End of this chapter)